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Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

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    #2732
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    o1s1n wrote: »
    HAHAHA ah god, which one of you hilarious bastards is A1 Skip hire??? :D:D:D

    a1-skip-hire.jpg
    Tempted to set up an account called Thortons!


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    #2733
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    b2the.jpg


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    #2734
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    https://www.adverts.ie/20810748
    Hilarious €1200


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    #2735
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,441 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    CathalDublin wrote: »
    https://www.adverts.ie/20810748
    Hilarious €1200

    Seller 'Andrew1968'

    :eek:

    I think Andrew76 may have a nemesis.


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    #2736
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    So,
    What do you do when you own the following?
    An AliExpress special Pandoras Box/Arcade Stick? €200
    A flat panel telly? €250
    Some MDF? €50
    And lots of black duck tape? €10

    You make something out of it that's arcade shaped and try to flog it for nearly two grand! (€1800)

    http://www.adverts.ie/20747918

    They even show a close up of the black tape, very proud of the tape this seller is, very proud indeed...


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    #2737
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    So,
    What do you do when you own the following?
    An AliExpress special Pandoras Box/Arcade Stick? €200
    A flat panel telly? €250
    Some MDF? €50
    And lots of black duck tape? €10

    You make something out of it that's arcade shaped and try to flog it for nearly two grand! (€1800)

    http://www.adverts.ie/20747918

    They even show a close up of the black tape, very proud of the tape this seller is, very proud indeed...

    I seen that ad a few days ago, i was very curious about the tape haha, i asked for more pics of the back and side, looks absolutely awful. Oh and its plywood as he described it, not the luxury of MDF there haha


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    #2738
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    plywood for life


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    #2739
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    It has sky sports apparently ;)


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    #2740
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    eddhorse wrote: »
    It has sky sports apparently ;)

    Also all worldwide TV movies vood (whatever vood is)

    A bargain at 1800....:rolleyes:


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    #2741
    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,306 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    vood you buy it? vood I fúck!
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    #2742
    Gradius
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    bmorrissey wrote: »
    Also all worldwide TV movies vood (whatever vood is)

    A bargain at 1800....:rolleyes:

    Vood is a synthetic wood substitute developed in Ballybrack in 1999, virtual wood = "vood"

    It has all the negatives of wood such as being inflammable, but with the added factors of less strength and less durability.

    A challenge to the patent was brought before the European Court almost immediately by Gorilla Tape, who claimed that "vood" was actually just Gorilla Tape folded over itself many times.

    A third litigant entered the legal battle, a giant ape who counter-claimed against Gorilla Tape on the grounds that no gorillas were used in the production of, or benefitted from, Gorilla Tape.

    Gorilla Tape counter-counter-claimed that apes are in fact not gorillas.

    The court threw the case out, with the only remaining piece of vood allowed to remain in Ballybrack. What ever happened to that unused prototype vood remained a much discussed legend, until now.


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    #2743
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Check out this baby for 900 yo-yos: https://www.adverts.ie/20843597

    "This is the real deal and not some cheap import, probably the best portable retro console on the market!"


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    #2744
    phily2002
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭phily2002


    deadl0ck wrote: »
    Check out this baby for 900 yo-yos: https://www.adverts.ie/20843597

    "This is the real deal and not some cheap import, probably the best portable retro console on the market!"

    900 quid, what planet is he on


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    #2745
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    "No, sorry it is expensive.. only because it was made by a Japanese company in England and all components are of top quality."

    Anyone know a Japanese company in England? :S


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    #2746
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You can order them from AliExpress, shipped from Spain, for less than €190 with free shipping!


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    #2747
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,189 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Jack burton wrote: »
    Anyone know a Japanese company in England? :S

    Superdry :D


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    #2748
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    I'd say he means he got the joysticks and buttons from ArcadeWorld?

    Also this :
    #Aliexpress € 93,66 51%OFF | IYO Pandora Box 9H 3288 Arcade Console USB Joystick Arcade Buttons With Light 2 Players Control Retro 3D Arcade Game Box
    https://a.aliexpress.com/_dU9tIDk

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    #2749
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Yeah, that's pretty much it, but it uses a Raspberry Pi instead of a Pandora's Box.

    Oh, and I'm being threatened now.
    It loses some effect when he says it in an Ardee accent...


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    #2750
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Yeah, that's pretty much it, but it uses a Raspberry Pi instead of a Pandora's Box.

    Oh, and I'm being threatened now.
    It loses some effect when he says it in an Ardee accent...

    Man he's not helping himself at all with his comments back 😂

    If he sells that at all now he deserves the ****ing money 😂


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    #2751
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I even told him how to block my comments...
    I mean, seriously, even I am feeling sorry for him.


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    #2752
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    "adjustable scaliness" :D:D


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    #2753
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    Someone asked me about that very same set-up before. The company selling them at the time was called tinyarcademachines.com. Funnily enough the description from the site and the seller seem very similar when you compare both.

    https://www.tinyarcademachines.com/slimcade-hdmi.html


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    #2754
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    CosmicSmash wrote: »
    Someone asked me about that very same set-up before. The company selling them at the time was called tinyarcademachines.com. Funnily enough the description from the site and the seller seem very similar when you compare both.

    https://www.tinyarcademachines.com/slimcade-hdmi.html

    Looking through that sites FAQs I'd say it's just the same as the Aliexpress devices, even the shipping is listed at £126 to the UK!
    Coming direct from China, I would have to say, which explains why so much of it looks straight from the aforementioned seller.


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    #2755
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    ohh hang on, hes dropped the price a whole 50 euro. its certainly worth it now....


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    #2756
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Had to comment.

    "By the way I will threaten any man that threatens to destroy my legitimate sale"

    What a ****ing bell end


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    #2757
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    dont-make-me-kmmfk6.jpg

    :pac:


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    #2758
    Dublinandy3
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Dublinandy3


    CosmicSmash wrote: »
    Whenever I see an ad starting with the line below or something similar I always wonder does the seller even want to let it go.

    Not looking to negotiate on the price on this, if it doesn’t sell it can be added to my own collection, lovely little item.


    No I didn't I just had a deal with the wife that if I listed it and it didn't sell by my bithday I could keep it, hence why it's not for sale now and I'm a year older.


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    #2759
    Dublinandy3
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Dublinandy3


    mondeo wrote: »
    You wanna be stupid to pay anywhere near 600 for a CD32... Chancer.

    again it's not for sale now but the price was for the cd32, the TF upgrade on it and the keyboard which are quite rare to get. Individually you'd pay around 500 pounds for all the items, so 600 Euro wasn't that much of a push. Plus as per my above post, I wasn't hugely keen on selling it. I did get an offer for 580 from one of my regular buyers which I would have sold for would it have gone.

    600 was a price that wasn't cheap but could in theory sell for, it was a situation that happens rarely I want to keep something rather than sell, but due to the mountain of stuff the mrs doesn't generally let me add to my collection nowadays unless for some strange reason something doesn't sell :).

    I've sold to a few regulars on here ()at prices I've seen listed in the bargain thread) and my prices are usually half way decent unless I know someone would be stupid enough to pay over the odds for something.

    I understand the purpose fo this thread, the reason I read it myself, to laugh at the unfortunates, but there is a difference between something way over priced and something you wouldn't personally pay that amount for. There is a big difference between the two.


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    #2760
    Dublinandy3
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Dublinandy3


    I'm quoting ebay or amibay prices for the above btw.


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    #2761
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    Dublinandy3 wrote: »
    No I didn't I just had a deal with the wife that if I listed it and it didn't sell by my bithday I could keep it, hence why it's not for sale now and I'm a year older.

    I was right, exactly what I thought. I take it she didn't get you any new consoles for your birthday so?


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